Report From Tribeca
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‘There There’ Review: Andrew Bujalski Leaps Backward to Mumblecore-Via-Zoom
After the breakthrough of “Support the Girls,” Bujalski’s experiment with COVID-19 cinema starts strong then goes off the rails
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‘Battleground’ Review: Abortion Doc Highlights Strategies of Anti-Choice Activists
Even-handed documentary indicates that both sides are not created equally when it comes to playing a political long game
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‘Alone Together’ Film Review: Katie Holmes Finds Love During Lockdown in COVID-19 Romance
Holmes has sharp instincts as a writer-director but too often takes the path of Lifetime schmaltz
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‘Vengeance’ Film Review: B.J. Novak’s Capable Directorial Debut Suffers From B.J. Novak’s Script
Starring as a Brooklyn podcaster investigating a Texas murder, Novak wants to challenge both-sides narratives while also indulging in one
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‘Don’t Make Me Go’ Film Review: John Cho Labors to Enliven Listless Tear-Jerker
The story of a terminally ill father’s road trip with his daughter leads to a climax that writes a check this script can’t cash
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‘The Black Phone’ Film Review: Stephen King–Flavored Retro Horror Delivers Solid Chills
Scott Derrickson’s adaptation of a Joe Hill story leaves a lot on the table, character-wise, but it’s an effectively nostalgic scary tale
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‘Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power’ Film Review: Civil-Rights Doc Explores Ongoing Issues
Relevant documentary that connects voter suppression in the ’60s to today’s political landscape could benefit from some tighter editing
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‘Civil’ Film Review: Portrait of Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Leaves Us Wanting More
Tribeca County 2022: Documentary spotlights Crump’s essential work but lacks further context into the larger legal and cultural issues at hand
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‘Unfinished Business’ Film Review: Inspiring Look at the WNBA’s Origins Leaves Us Hungry for More
Tribeca Festival 2022: Alison Klayman’s sports documentary is so packed with fascinating characters and incidents that it could be a series
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Al Pacino Says Timothée Chalamet Should Play His Younger Self in ‘Heat’ Sequel
Director Michael Mann co-wrote the upcoming novel “Heat 2,” which flashes back to the early days of Pacino’s character’s career
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ESPN Films Nabs Lacrosse Doc ‘Fate of a Sport’ Exec Produced by LeBron James
Tribeca 2022: Michael Doneger directs the film about athlete Paul Rabil that premiered on Wednesday
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‘Tíu’ Film Review: Icelandic Band Of Men and Monsters’ Documentary Is an Intimate Gem
Tribeca Festival: “How to Train Your Dragon” director Dean DeBlois has crafted a beautifully atmospheric look at the band
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‘Leave No Trace’ Film Review: Searing Doc on Boy Scouts Abuse Cuts Some Journalistic Corners
Tribeca Film Festival 2022: The material here is unquestionably powerful, but director Irene Taylor takes some questionable shortcuts in telling the story
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‘American Dreamer’ Film Review: Peter Dinklage Real-Estate Comedy Requires Major Repairs
Tribeca Festival 2022: Not even the teaming of Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine and Matt Dillon can turn this condemned property into a showcase
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‘Allswell’ Film Review: Ensemble Cast Captures the Warm Embrace, and Prickly Challenges, of Family
Tribeca Festival 2022: Co-written by its lead actors and director, this ensemble piece understands its characters enough to love and forgive them
